As more money is being spent on real estate than ever before, the booming market is on pace to shatter records this year, according to a recent CoreLogic report.

Investors across the country are looking to cash in on skyrocketing house prices and rents, putting them in competition with new buyers trying to work their way to homeownership. Real estate investors bought a record 18% of the homes sold in the third quarter, according to a new Redfin report.

Home prices in eight Florida metro areas were significantly higher than the average price in the rest of the country, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI).

The demand for housing in the U.S. has reached a new all-time high since 2017, a rare occurrence for this time of year when the market typically slows. According to a Redfin report, a recovering economy and all-time low mortgage rates are critical factors in the current market. 

Miami-Dade County broke its record for the most annual home sales in only 10 months as October transactions surged year-over-year, according to a report by the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

As dramatic rent prices impact states across the nation, renters are searching for more affordable places to call home. Nationally, the median rent price is up over 16% since January, with some cities seeing double that, according to a recent Apartment List report.

Demand for second homes was up 70% from pre-pandemic levels in October, according to a new report from Redfin. This outpaced August’s 48% gain but was below January’s record 91% growth.

Florida’s housing market continues to report rising median prices, more cash sales and tight inventory, according to the latest housing data from Florida Realtors. 

Despite low inventory, real estate transactions showed substantial gains in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2019.

Sales to foreign buyers in South Florida were strong in 2021, despite the year’s global COVID-19 travel bans. The Miami mega-region outperformed Florida and the nation in international sales, according to the latest Profile of International Home Buyers by

Rental prices are surging to an all-time high after dropping considerably in 2020 due to the pandemic. In September, median rents in the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. jumped 13.6% compared to the same month last year,

Boston and Raleigh had the highest bidding-war rates, as the rate fell to a 2021 low.

South Florida’s rebounding luxury residential market is still going strong, with the third quarter of 2021 producing substantial year-over-year increases, according to a recent Keyes/Illustrated Luxury Property report.  The report, produced by the Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties, shows

Lack of inventory continues to restrict home sales as fewer homes sold in September, and closed home sales dropped.

Home sales in Palm Beach County continued trending upward in August, according to the Miami Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system. 

Housing affordability has changed across all 50 top markets, proving to be more affordable than it was during the previous housing peak, according to First American Financial’s latest Real House Price Index.